Senior Operations Manager

Wheely
Paris, France
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to entrepreneurial, high-ownership operators with experience in fast-paced tech environments working in transportation and mobility domains.

Best fit for

  • Entrepreneurial operators with experience in fast-paced tech environments and a track record of scaling operations
    — “3-4+ years building, growing, or scaling something meaningful with limited structure”
  • Candidates with experience in marketplace or platform businesses, especially on-demand or mobility sectors
    — “experience in a marketplace/platform business (on-demand, mobility, location-based)”
  • Individuals who have led or shaped team and operating model development from scratch or through rapid expansion
    — “track record building teams or operating models from scratch or through rapid expansion”

Things to consider

  • Requires in-office presence in Paris for four days per week, limiting remote flexibility
    — “Based in Paris, ability to work in the office 4 days a week”
  • Role demands direct responsibility for operational metrics, including chauffeur acquisition and retention
    — “Direct impact. Chauffeur acquisition, supply and retention — your calls move the metrics”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your ability to shape operating models and lead teams from scratch in your resume and interviews
    — “Real ownership. You'll build and lead the local ops team, processes, and operating rhythms yourself”
  • Demonstrate experience in evolving global strategies into localized execution with specific examples
    — “Evolve the local operating model, turning global strategy and standards into effective execution on the ground”
  • Showcase your analytical skills and how you use data to drive measurable operational impact
    — “Use data to spot operational risks and opportunities, and design initiatives with clear, measurable impact”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • chauffeur supply growth
  • market expansion
  • team building
Typical background
operations managementchauffeur managementmarketplace operations

Skills & requirements

Required

Operations ManagementTeam LeadershipChauffeur ManagementMarket Expansion

Preferred

Marketplace OperationsTeam Building

Stack & domain

Chauffeur Supply GrowthRetentionOperating ModelData AnalysisTeam BuildingProduct DevelopmentComplianceLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingTeamworkAdaptabilityTransportationChauffeuringOperations Management

About the role

Original posting from Wheely via Greenhouse

About Wheely

Wheely is redefining premium transportation across major cities in Europe, the US, and the Middle East. We blend cutting-edge technology with the craft of five-star chauffeuring to deliver an experience trusted by more than 100,000 active riders and 1,200 corporate accounts.

We’re a profitable, fast-growing scale-up with $43M raised and over $100M in annual revenue. Having recently launched in New York City, we’re expanding rapidly across the US and EMEA. If you take pride in your craft and want to help shape the next chapter of our growth, we'd love to hear from you.

About the Role

As a Senior Operations Manager in Paris, you'll be a senior member of the France Operations team, reporting to the General Manager, France. You'll own the day-to-day health of the market — acquiring, retaining, and driving quality among our best-in-class chauffeurs — and help evolve the local operating model as we scale beyond Paris.

This is an entrepreneurial, high-ownership role in a fast-moving environment, not a caretaker seat.

Why This Role

High-growth business. Paris is scaling and we're actively expanding into new markets — you'll help shape how we operate as we grow.

Direct impact. Chauffeur acquisition, supply and retention — your calls move the metrics that define the market's health.

Real ownership. You'll build and lead the local ops team, processes, and operating rhythms yourself, not inherit someone else's.

Responsibilities

Own day-to-day operational execution: chauffeur supply growth and retention.

Evolve the local operating model, turning global strategy and standards into effective execution on the ground.

Use data to spot operational risks and opportunities, and design initiatives with clear, measurable impact.

Lead and grow Wheely Paris's operations team, building a culture of high performance and engagement.

Partner with product teams to shape feature development and improve operational tooling.

Support readiness as the market expands into new areas, launching business from scratch.

Act as a senior point of contact for chauffeurs and key external stakeholders, representing Wheely's standards.

Ensure compliance with applicable French regulations and VTC licensing requirements.

Requirements

No single background defines success here — we want analytically strong, entrepreneurial operators motivated by ownership and comfortable being accountable for outcomes in open-ended environments.

3-4+ years building, growing, or scaling something meaningful with limited structure, with the ability to move fast from analysis to execution.

Relevant backgrounds include:

scaling operations in a fast-paced tech environment (VC-backed business, scale-up, startup);

top-tier management consulting, investment banking, or VC/PE; early or founding-team experience at a consumer or marketplace startup.

Bonus points:

experience in a marketplace/platform business (on-demand, mobility, location-based);

track record building teams or operating models from scratch or through rapid expansion;

MBA or advanced degree in business, operations, analytics, or strategy.

Fluent French and English.

Based in Paris, ability to work in the office 4 days a week.

What we Offer

Office-based role in Paris (9th arrondissement)

Competitive salary 

Employee stock options plan

Private medical insurance

Life and critical illness cover

Best-in-class equipment

Monthly credit towards Wheely journeys

Daily Lunch Allowance

Navigo and Veligo travel

Professional development stipend

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Source: Wheely careers (Greenhouse)

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